Festival of Quilts

 Photo heavy folks - come back tomorrow for my usual weekly update.

A few of my favourites from FOQ in Birmingham last weekend. Hopefully you will be able to click on the pictures to enlarge.

This huge piece by the Ukranian Quilt Association was the first piece of work I saw - it is stunning and made up of individually pieced and quilted squares.

This lovely quilt is by Janice Gunner in her trademark Indigo shibori.

The World needs to see this one!

A few miniatures.

I suspect that is enough for one post - I will do another with the 'creations'!

FNWFs August and Chookshed Challenge

 Many thanks to Cheryll for organising our Friday again - you can see who else took part here.

I spent Friday visiting Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham, a 3 1/4 hour coach trip which meant I spent more time on the coach than at the show, but it was worth it!

I have lots of photographs to share but will do that in a separate post.

On the way there, once on the motorway, I was able to get on with some knitting and did most of what you see here. Too tired to knit on the way back - I read instead.

The first sock was finished earlier in the week.

No Stitch Journal on Friday, I had to catch up on Saturday - here is my last week.

And the whole of July

This months Chookshed Challenge number is #7 which for me is to make a cover for this little sketchbook.

You can read about how I made this book back in 2017 here. Since then I have been working, on and off, into the pages with a mostly butterfly and middle eastern theme.

I plan to take some of the shapes and patterns from the pages and use them on the cover - but need to get my thinking cap on!

Finally some purchases from FOQ starting with some blue fabrics to use with the yellow hexies I worked on for the Chookshed Challenge back in January.

A Sue Hawkins kit - my thread cutter is always getting lost so hopefully this will help me keep track of it.

a selection of threads

some vintage bits

and some lovely eco dyed fabric.

If you are still with me then thank you! And I will see you soon with some FOQ pictures.

Chookshed Challenge #9

 It is nice to have this finished well before the end of the month. It went together well - I think because I was very careful with my cutting and machining.  The pages of this book were one per month for my Stitch Journal 2024 and each month followed the RSC colours - two birds etc. I used Karen Turner's stitch journal templates for 2023. It has made up into a nice zig zag book and will make a great stitch reference book.

The front cover opens out to reveal January and February

March and April

May and June

Back cover

July and August

September October

November and December

The front and back covers are stiffened with mountboard, but the pages are not stiffened.

Many thanks to Deana for organising the Chookshed Challenge - I will be linking up with her later in the month.

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Now to this weeks Stitch Journal.

Having completed the zig zag book I have had time to concentrate on my knitting and this sock is coming along a treat. Up to the toe now. The colour repeat is unusual and having had a pink cuff and a pink heel I was hoping for a pink toe but it looks like it is going to be mostly yellow.

I treated myself to another new start and purchased the Ryegrass sock pattern from Winwick Mum. I had this yarn left over from a previous pair of socks.

The pattern is a mosaic design which uses two colours but only one colour in each row. I am pleased with how it is knitting up.

Looking forward to getting more of this knitted up over the weekend. See you next week.